Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC

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Mt Druitt Town Rangers
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Full nameMount Druitt Town Rangers FC
Founded1970 (inc.)
GroundPopondetta Park
Capacity2500
OwnerMark Robertson
ChairmanMark Robertson
ManagerStewart Montgomery
League NPL NSW
2023 15th of 16
(Relegated) via Playoff

The Mount Druitt Town Rangers, or Mt Druitt Rangers, are a soccer club from Mount Druitt in Western Sydney, Australia. The club was incorporated in 1970. The team currently plays in the New South Wales National Premier Leagues 1, the highest league in the state and second highest in the country after the A-League. Winning promoted having won the Club Championship in 2018 season from NSW NPL2.

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History

The Mt Druitt Town Rangers Soccer Club was incorporated in 1970 and has developed a strong association with the district and the states governing body, Football NSW.

Since 1970, the Rangers has provided football opportunities for the youth of Western Sydney. Founded by two Scots of opposing religions and the fiercest of football rivalries, they overcame their differences to unite the green of Celtic, the Rangers name, and the gold of Australia - their new home.

Sadie and Jackie Wilson (Celtic) and Joseph Martin (Rangers) kicked it off in the late 1960s. Jackie somewhat reluctant at first ended up door knocking the local streets where many Scottish expats had settled, quickly the club gathered a strong base that built the foundations of the club we have today. Over the years many cultural backgrounds have been welcomed to Popondetta irrespective of their race, colour or creed. In 2012 Rangers first entered the FNSW Girls program.

The Rangers play in the FFA FNSW National Premier League (NPL) 1st Grade, 20s, FNSW League One u18s, u16s, 15s, 14s, 13s, Skills Acquisition League u12s, 11s, 10s, 9s and FNSW League One Women's 1st, Res and FNSW League Two Girl's 16g, 15g, 14g. MDTRFC also have an Inclusive /Special Needs/ AWD program. Town Rangers also offers community football opportunities in the local Blacktown District Soccer Football Association. [1]

The Rangers regularly feature in the highly respected invitational Portuguese International Tournament hosted by Vila Franca do Rosario (2014,16,17,19). Over the years vFR has included some of the superpowers of European football's youth academies such as regulars Sporting Club Portugal, SL Benfica, Porto FC, as well as other international guests Sheffield Wednesday, Real Betis, Malaga, Dynamo Moscow. In 2017, the Skills Acquisition Program also toured Portugal and played in the Algarve New World Youth Cup, where the Rangers team was awarded the Fair Play Award. That same year, the Rangers made the National Premier League 2 1st grade grand final against the league winners and highly respected Marconi.

In 2016, Blacktown City Council announced a major upgrade to the Popondetta Park precinct of $5 million including the development of a synthetic field and additional amenities for players and spectators. This will commence in 2022.

FFA Cup: Rangers have successfully won through to the Round of 32 FFA Cup Finals in both 2019, 2020 (COVID abandoned) and 2021. With over 700 clubs entering each year the FFA Cup is the largest participation tournament in Australia.

Club colours and kit

The club's home kit is based on the Australian national jersey/shirt is predominantly gold and shorts bottle green, the socks are gold. The away kit is shirt bottle green, shorts black, and socks black.

Current squad

As of December 2022" [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Robert Bobby Fanella
2 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Solomon-John Monahan-Vaiika
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nikola Djordjevic
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cooper Coskerie
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jacob Esposito
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jared Macerola
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nikola Skataric
9 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP James Demetriou
10 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kotaro Katsuta
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Bandiera
12 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS William Harvey
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anthony Gallo
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dylan Niski
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tarek Elrich
22 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rhett Da Silva
23 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Dias
27 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stefan Nikolic
41 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ivan Sunjic
44 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anthony Frangie
45 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abdul Faisal
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Suliman Bangura
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Jin
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jason Perez
— FW Flag of Cape Verde.svg  CPV Júnior Sena

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References

  1. ↑ "Blacktown and Districts Soccer Football Association Incorporated". Blacktown and Districts Soccer Football Association Incorporated. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Stavroulakis, Mark (16 December 2022). "The only way is up for the Mt Druitt Town Rangers". NPL NSW Men's. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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